Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
An article titled “And quiet flows the Maili Yamuna” inspired a court case in 1994 focussing on preventing pollution in the river. Crores of rupees were flushed in the name of resurrecting the river with no effect. On Tuesday, the National Green Tribunal came out with its Restoration Plan for …
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to stress on the need for achieving a balance between development and environmental conservation, companies involved in construction of hydro electricity projects in Uttarakhand continue to flout norms to the detriment of the environment. One such company— the Hindustan Construction company working on the …
The MCG, in collaboration with private firm IL&FS;, is finally set to establish a construction waste treatment plant in Chakkarpur. It hopes this will put an end to haphazard dumping of construction debris and associated waste in and around the city. According to MCG chief engineer R K Singhla, the …
At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is stressing on efforts to clean the Ganga river and ensure its free flow, companies involved in hydro power projects in Uttarakhand continue to flout regulations to the detriment of the cleaning project. The Dhauliganga river in Chamoli district is one of …
CALANGUTE : Calangute MLA Michael Lobo along with senior officials from the captain of ports, water resources department, NIO, forest department, BDO, Bardez, and other government departments on Wednesday undertook an inter-departmental survey of the Nerul-Sinquerim river to facilitate desilting work of the silted riverbed. S C Chandra, hydrographic engineer …
Environmentalists and villagers are questioning the operation of a stone crusher on the banks of the Dhauli Ganga river by the company implementing the 520 MW Tapovan Vishnugad hydro electric project in Chamoli district. Activists state that a stone crusher cannot be set up and operated within 200 metres of …
Move Needed To Check Degradation Of Water Bodies: Activists The Pune Municipal Corporation will reserve quarries for dumping construction debris while identifying for land-filling process. Construction work in the city has picked up over the years along with renovations of flats and other properties, with debris being dumped recklessly. Activists …
Littering, Failure to Segregate Garbage Will Now Invite Fine The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has finally woken up to the garbage problem of the city as it drafted the public health and sanitation bylaws-2014 for better segregation and disposal of waste. If the PMC has its way, throwing trash from …
Waste generated in construction activities and debris from Chamba town are being dumped into the Henwal river. In blatant violation of the regulations, such waste is being dumped consistently in this river. Apart from contamination, such dumping also affects the channel of the river which in turn may exacerbate the …
MARGAO: Locals from Nuvem have warned of carrying out an agitation and a hunger strike if the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) fails to provide them a copy of its inspection report on the use of industrial waste for the construction of the Nuvem bypass road. "The GSPCB inspected …
The city seems to be failing to conserve its eco-sensitive river zone. Despite repeated orders by National Green Tribunal (NGT) against dumping of any waste on the river bed, the Yamuna Riverfront Development Project site near Sarai Kale Khan is being used as a dumping ground for construction and demolition …
The National Green Tribunal directed DMRC to explain why they dumped construction waste on Yamuna floodplains and why they shouldn't be fined Rs 5 lakh for it. NGT had issued a show-cause notice to DMRC after petitioner Manoj Misra submitted several photographs of concrete dumped on the riverbed along NH- …
In the wake of National Green Tribunal’s directive making prior environmental clearance (EC) mandatory for quarries, the State Government has decided to simplify the procedures for obtaining EC for operating quarries in an area of less than five hectares. A high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday, …
370 Medical Facilities Assessed It's not just scrap dealers, construction sites and residential premises that are home to disease-causing mosquitoes, our government-run hospitals also breed them. An entomological survey carried out at state-run hospitals across the state has found dengue-causing mosquitoes at 15% of the total number of medical facilities …
Construction debris is the biggest cause of dust pollution in Bangalore. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has come out with a short-term solution: construction industries should manage their waste and dump it at a designated site, which will be converted into artificial sand and sold back to them. …
Though the government has taken several measures to check illegal mining of sand and gravel in different parts of the state, stopping it completely is a challenge. Illegal mining is continuing unabated in major rivers and rivulets of the state, despite a country-wide ban on mining of sand and gravel …
To counter the increasing incidents of illegal mining for sand and gravel and their smuggling to Punjab and Haryana, the hill state is gearing up to check it by strengthening the hands of the Mining Department. As a first step against the mining mafia, it has been decided to give …
In June, last year, following heavy rains, the Khiron Ganga river, a tributary of the Alaknanda, rushed through the Alaknanda Valley and filled the barrage site of Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited’s 400-MW hydropower project with tonnes of debris and boulders. A year after, the barrage has undergone major repair works. …
A large number of professionals, students in Delhi and Gurgaon are taking to bicycles to commute short distances. They do it to stay fit and for recreation. But even as cycling clubs are mushrooming all over the city, cycling enthusiasts say they feel compelled to stick to cycling in groups …
NOIDA: The state irrigation department in Meerut has prepared an exhaustive plan for removal of construction debris from the Yamuna and its banks and to stop further dumping. The department has sent the proposal to its headquarters in Lucknow for approval. The Ganga division of the irrigation department has prepared …
